Crew using the 'stick basket', onboard 'Summer Rose', BA273, 1961.
In the early days of ringnetting, the catch was taken from the net in quarter cran baskets. Here crew take a trial sample aboard before brailing.
L-R: William Munro, Tommy Lawrence.
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